U aren't gonna have to worry. At the end of September bovada will not be offering poker anymore.

rec'd 8/10

new to bitcoin, just made account on coinbase and linked my chase bank account. have never messed with bitcoin before but would like to now, was wondering if it was possible to withdraw with bitcoin on bovada without ever depositing via bitcoin on there? if so how would i go about doing this? any help in this area would be much appreciated

Requested 8/8 in the morning.
Nothing as of yet over 48 hrs.

Called support tonight and they said - sometimes it takes longer for them to process it. I'll send a note to the withdrawal department to check into it. No, sir, they don't have a phone where you can talk to the withdrawal department.

will update when i hear something.

Still nothing for 9.5k as of yesterday in the AM

I'm doing the standard Bank > Circle > Blockchain > Bovada for deposits and Bovada > Blockchain > Circle > Bank for withdrawals. Some people were saying that to reduce the risk of Circle or Blockchain being locked b/c of only doing gambling transactions that it's helpful to make other purchases with these accounts.

I'm curious which account I should be doing this extra activity on, Circle, Blockchain, or both? And which sites can I be making purchases on for this covering activity?

Here is a great reason to use bitcoin withrawal:

Last month I requested a withdrawal for 3k. The check arrived a day after I left for a trip. No biggie. I get back 3 weeks later and try to deposit it into my account, and my bank says they may have to hold it for 6-8 weeks citing "the amount and the fact that it is a check from Canada." I thought that was a bit ridiculous as I've deposited many checks for 2k, 1500, etc. I tried to sign it over to a relative at another bank and they would not allow it. I then contacted Bovada and requested for the check to be canceled, specifying the amount and reference number.

BEFORE I requested the 3k check be stopped I had requested another check for 1k as soon as all the software problems began. I received the 1k check last week and successfully deposited it into my account.

Meanwhile, I've been waiting and waiting to hear back about this 3k check, I e-mailed them last night to see what was up. Then, today I log into my account and notice I have $960 more than I'm suppose to in my account. I quickly figured out that they had "stopped" the wrong check and credited the $ back into my account minus the $40 stop check fee, EVEN THOUGH I ALREADY DEPOSITED AND CASHED THE CHECK. LOL. A 30 minute phone call later the only explanation I have is that "whoever processed the request confused the two reference numbers of the checks because they were similar." They were similar, but c'mon. Now I have to wait who knows how long for them to sort this out and correctly credit me back the 3k, which I will immediately withdraw to BITCOIN. Moral of the story: Bitcoin Withdrawal

I learned from a check withdrawal on another US-facing site that you should always cash them ASAP. I waited 3-4 weeks on a check and it also ended up not working out well.

It helps, but they do track more than one bounce

Thanks for your advice. Regarding bitcoin, I still don't know the first thing about it lol

Could you guys teach me too be a high roller like you guys. Im currently homeless

If it's available to withdraw then you can. If not, you will have to do a deposit onto Bovada for this feature to be activated.

Some people have this feature already activated without doing a bitcoin deposit...mine was not so I just made the smallest deposit possible ($20). it's free and you can just withdraw that $20 for free too

That's nuts, I did a request 2 nights ago and nothing has happened..

Still nothing for 9.5k. Not starting to get worried yet, but still.

Wondering how many ppl have done a max withdrawal for 9.5k and if it took longer than smaller amounts?

Moved to a restricted state (NY/NJ) and now can't withdrawl. Have anyone had this issue? The only option they gave me was an out -of-state check.

8/11 BTC req

Check Withdrawal

Requested- 8/6
Approved- 8/6
Received and deposited at teller- 8/11

Insanely quick, but unfortunately I'm retiring from Bovada/Ignition. Good luck to everyone.

congrats rakeme. What is making you decide too retire. I want too quit online poker also

Anyone had experience with CC verification?

I have withdrawn many times over the years without an issue. A month or so ago I made a deposit but I accidentally used an expired card that was saved. I re-did the deposit with the new, valid card for that account.

Fast forward to last week I make a withdrawal request. They said they needed CC verification for that card. I called and asked why and they said they had a report of a lost/stolen card attempting to make a deposit. Which makes sense since it was used after expiring.

So I fill out the form and give them the picture of the CC and my ID as requested. Get the email saying they received it and would take 24-48 hours to process. 72 hours later, I heard nothing and emailed them. An hour later I get a reply saying my signature on the form did not match my ID signature and I needed to re-sign it. I begrudgingly did so, but I let them know I thought this was a bit ridiculous. I sign 50-60 things a day for work and my sig NEVER looks the same.

Well here we are 36 hours later and I haven't heard anything. This is starting to become rather concerning to me.

What do you guys think?

How long is it taking you? I've been waiting 2.5 months and counting since my initial request.

3 days. Starting to think max is bad. In your case I would cancel and redo it. 2.5 months is abnormally long

Also by reading some of your story, you should do checks and not to nag, but I wouldn't ever keep that much money anymore in an account.

Fair. I think they told me that I couldn't do checks because of where I live now. I'll double check. Thanks

Unless I hit really big, I really try to keep ~the max cash out. That way if I get a bad feeling I can easily get my money off the site. I don't have the best feeling about all of this, and it doesn't make much sense. I'd try to get a wire and queue off your whole roll and send 6k to ignition and 3k withdraw check and 3k withdraw btc.

I think I will follow this advice, thank you. I have a lot to learn about BTC, though. Also, living in NYC, not sure if I'll be able to play on Ignition. I've been blocked on Bovada since moving here. They sniffed out my IP change.